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Article: NEW DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING DEVICES AT NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER TO AUTOMATICALLY RECORD RADIATION EXPOSURE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- August 18, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following press release:
Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center has taken a significant step to further safeguard clinical research patients at the NIH Clinical Center who are exposed to radiation during certain imaging tests. Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT equipment purchased by the Clinical Center will now be required to routinely record radiation dose exposure in a patient's hospital-based electronic medical record.
"When a hospital or clinic patient receives a medication or a treatment, it is ...